Bottle-capping tool



J. K. E. DIFFENDERFFER. BOTTLE CAPPING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 1920.

1,381,622. Patented June 1 1921.

UNITED STATES,

JOHN KQE. DIFFENDERFFER, or BALTIMORE, nhnrnann.

BOTTLE-GAPPING moon To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JoHN K. E. DIFFEN- DERFFER, a citizen of the United 'States, residing-at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Capping Tools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bottle capping tools, and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap and efiicient device for placing seals upon bottles in order to hermetically seal the same.

The invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of the parts and combination of parts hereinafter more fully set forth in the following specification and pointed out in detail in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the position of the tool before the cap is secured to the bottle neck.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the posiltion1 of the parts when the scaling is comete p Fig. 4 is a section of Fig. 1, taken on the line 2-2 showing the pivoted jaws in the closed position.

Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 4 showing the pivoted jaws in the open position ready to receive the bottle.

Fig. 6 is an elevation, partly in section, of the sealing head.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views thereof, 1 designates the handle of the bottle holding jaw, 2 the bearing for the sealing head, 3 the sealing head, and 4 the handle which operates the sealing head. The said handle 4 is pivoted to the handle 1 at 5. The lower ends 6 of the handle 1 are bent segment shape and are each provided on its upper edge with a lug 7. The plate 8 has its outer ends spaced apart and provided with apertures 9 through which the lug 7 projects. The said plate 8 rests upon the ends 6 of the handle 1 and the lugs 7 project through the apertures 8 and are riveted to hold said plate 8 in position. The rear end of the plate 8 projects back into the handle 1 and is bent over the rivet 10 which serves to hold the plate 8 securely in position and also strengthens the handle 1 at this point. On the upper surface of the plate 8 are two Specification. of Letters Iatent.

jaws 11 pivoted at 12. Aspring 13 has its outer endssecured to the jaws ll and projects back into the lower end of the handle 1. f Thet'ension of the ends of the spring 13 is normally outward, whereby when the said PATENT OFFICE Patented; June .14, 1921. Application filed May 4, 1920. Serial No. 378,886; g

spring is pushed forward the jaws 11 will begin to open and whenthe ends of the sprlng pass the pivot 'point 12, the'tension of the spring will cause the front ends of the aws 11 to open to their limit, so that the bottle neck can be insertedbetween. said aws. The neck of the bottle is placed into the said jaws 11 and as it is pushed back it strikes the rear ends of said jaws and causes the latter to close and the spring 13 to move back to its normal position, and as the ends of the spring pass the pivot point 12 it will close said jaws 11 securely under the shoulder on the neck of the bottle, in which position the latter is held while the cap is being sealed thereon. The bearing 2 for the sealing head is formed, in the present instance, of a fiat metal piece bent around with the ends projecting down between the ends of the handle 1, leaving a slot 14 through which the end of the handle 4 projects. The portion of the metal 15 above said slot 14 being bent sufficiently close to limit the movement of the handle 4 and also the sealing head 3. The said sealing head 3 has a stem 16 which projects into the bearing 2 and is provided with a slot 17 just above said head into which slot 17 the end of the handle 4 projects. The sealing head is forced down by pressing the ends of the handles 1 and 4 together, the end of handle 4 being so shaped as to operate in the slot 17 in such a manner as to permit the sealing head 3 to always move in a vertical position.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The parts being in the position shown in Fig. 1, the spring 13 is pushed forward causing the jaws 11 to open at their forward end. The seal having first been placed upon the bottle, the neck of the bottle is then placed in between the jaws 11 and forced back against the inner end of said jaws causing the latter to close and grip the bottle under the shoulder of the neck; the handles 1 and 4 are then brought together causing the sealing head 3 to be forced down upon the seal, the effect of which causes the flange of the bottle seal to be forced securely under the head on the neck of the bottle and hermetically seal the latter. After the scaling is completed the handles 1 and 4: are forced apart which causes the sealing head 3 to be raised from the bottle seal. The spring 13 is thenforc'ed forward causing the jaws 11 to open and allow the bottle to be removed therefrom,

It will thus be seen that by having the jaws 11"to operate as heretofore described a sealing head mounted in said bearing above said jaws, and a handle pivoted to said first named handle and adapted to operate thesaid sealin head. 7

2. A "bottle capping tool comprising a handle having one end bent to form a segment shaped opening, a segment :shaped plate secured on the upper surface of the segment shaped end of said handle and proj ecting back into and secured to said-handle, jaws pivoted to the upper surface of said segment shaped plate, a spring having its ends secured to the said jaws and projecting back into said handle, a bearing-secured to said handle in vertical .alinement with said jaws, a sealing head mounted n said bearing above said jaws, and a handle pivoted to .said first named handle and adapted to operate the said sealing head.

In testimony whereof I- aifix my signature.

JOHN K. E. DIFFENDERFFER. 

